The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-15
A HENRY GEORGE EDITORIAL.


Ho stiii Defends DIR. McG1ynn and Poke
~ Archbishop Corrignn In the llibs.
NEw YoRK. Jan. 14.-lIenry George de
voted another psgs Of the Standard thi
week to q discussion Of tho suspension o
DR.. McGlynn. In this article he lndulgeI
In several sharp ilsngs at Archbishop Cor
rlgan aud Monsignor Preston, whom he
speaks Of as "My Lord" argues the case
OF the suspended priest from several new
points OF view, and declares that his at
tack on tho Catholic Church cannot have
destroyed his political aspirations, since
he has none 10 ruin. III the time eve,
comes" he adds, "Hhen the Standard can.
not freely and frankly take stand on any
queation Of public interest, then will be
high time for 1t to give up the ghost"
He maintains that the Pope has NOT
placed his seal OF condemnation upon
those who deny the rIghtfulnees Of pro.
perty In land: "andieven when" lie con.
tinues, "the logic Of the argument aud the
necessities OF the contest require the
phraao property in land, he has no limit
hlmself to term property 30 In bis (Arch.
bishop Oorrigan's) telegram from New
Haven to the Tribune, he Gays; THE Pope
expressly teaches the right OF property
and ownership This is q pretty piece Of
information to send by telegraph, OF
course, the Pope teaches the right of pro.
pafty and ownership. So does DR.. Nc.
Glynn." Then no quotes the views OF
Bishop Fully, Of Meath. on the land ques.
ton. and also letter OF the prelate TO the
priests under him, stating that bis Office
as Bishop did not give him the right 10
enlighten thom on their civil rights, or In.
s!ruct them on the principles OF land
tenure or political economy.
There arc, he goes on, two great diyi.
siors Of Catholic clerics-the regular and
the secular. The regular priests, Jesuits,
Dominicans, &c, take q vow OF unuuali.
fed obedience, whilo the secular priest,
euch as DR.. McGlynn ia, VOWS simply TO
render obediencet to theordinary Of bis dio.
cese in regard to purer ecclesiastical mat.
tars.nothing more. The fact that DR..
McGlynn studied at the College Of tho
propagands docs not, he holds, give the
Cardinals of the Propaganda any more
right to call him to Rome than the Fscul.
ty OF Yale or, Amherst to call there one OF
their graduates. Then he inquires:
But where, then, does the Archbishop
get the power to compel priests to keep
silent when their political opinions differ
from his own, and why is 1t said that Dr..
McGlynn must either 90 to Rome to
answer for his political opinions or be
suspended ?" e 5F.5El ~
i"Tho reply Island it is this which
makes the question raised in Dr.. Nc.
Glynn's case so important-that these
powers have the very same origin as the
power which has led to such abuses in our
politics by compelling minor Government
employees to- make political contributions
or do political work" The Congregation
Of the Propaganda in Rome he denouuces
as the center Of the ecclesiastical tyranny
which seeks ito coerce American priests,
as it has at various times sought to coerce
the priests Of Ireland. But in the case Of
Dr.. McGlynn it is evident that Rome has
simply been used-evidently at the in
stance or under the influence OF the Tam
many ring"